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Galatians 3:19 KJV
Galatians · chapter 3 · verse 19
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.Galatians 3:19 · King James Version
Galatians 3:19 in context
17And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
18For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
19Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
20Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
21Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
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Key words (Strong's)
- transgressionsparabasisa going over, metaph. a disregarding, violating, of the Mosaic law, the breach of a…G3847 →
- ordaineddiatassōto arrange, appoint, ordain, prescribe, give orderG1299 →
- angelsangelosa messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from GodG32 →
- addedprostithēmito put to, to addG4369 →
- seedspermafrom which a plant germinates, the seedG4690 →
- comeerchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
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The apostle having just before been speaking of the promise made to Abraham, and representing that as the rule of our justification, and not the law, lest they should think he did too much derogate from the law, and render it altogether useless, he thence takes occasion to discourse of the design and tendency of it,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-29